Tag Archives: aviation history

Who was “Mr. Knabenshue”?

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Lisa Rickey

If you have been following our Twitter or Facebook, where we post (among other things) entries from Bishop Milton Wright’s diaries from 100-years-ago-today, then you have no doubt seen several references to one Mr. Roy Knabenshue lately. For instance: Tuesday, … Continue reading →

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Selfridge Crash Described in New Acquisition

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Lisa Rickey

On this day — September 17 — in 1908, Lt. Thomas Selfridge became the first person to die in a powered airplane crash. He was the passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, who was demonstrating the Wright Flyer … Continue reading →

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“Alas, that he must fly on Sunday!”

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Lisa Rickey

On Sunday, March 14, 1915, Bishop Milton Wright wrote the following lines in his daily diary: …Lincoln Beachy fell 7,000 ft to his death in San Francisco Bay, to-day, in his second flight, on a monoplane. Alas, that he must … Continue reading →

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